Cable-hanger.



G. LINGLE.

CABLE HANGER.

APPLICATION :FILED MAY 27,1912,

Patented Mar. 18, 1913.

' Ciinton, in thecounty of Henry and Statel lili 111 ran srArns PATENT OFFICE.

CLAUDE LINGLE, OFiCLINTON, MISSOURI.

CABLEHANGER- assenso.

Specification of Letters Eatent.

Application led May 27, 1912. Serial No.l 699,878.

Patented Mar.

To oZlwL-oot timely concern Be it lknown that l, CLAUDE LINGLE, a citizen of the lllnitedI States, and a' resident of oit Missouri, have invented a new and Improved. Galilei-langer, of Which` the follow.- ing is a tull,-clear, and exact description.

Among the principal objects which `the present invention has in View are: to

character named, to t'acilitatel the hanging of electrical and vother cables; and to pro-l vide means, incorporatedin the construetion, tor increasing the'grip of the deviceon the messenger or supportm line proportionate to the weight of the cale.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming cation, in which simi ar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, and in which-4- Figure 1 is a side View of a hanger constructed `and arranged in accordance with the present invention, showing the'same in conjunction with a messenger or support-ing wire and as in the preliminary step of hanging the cablel upon the wire; Fig..2 is a v similar view, showing the hanger in ,its final or normal engaged relation with'the messenyihere are two portions of the presentv hanger, which, for the purposefxof illustration, l herein term the bail W7 land the saddle 7 8. These twos'members, the bail and the saddle, are each formed from asin gle piece of wire, to provide two parallel and similarly-shaped sides terminating in curled ends relatively shaped to conjoin to j` iforrn hinges 9, 9.

.The end ofthe saddle 8 opposite that torini'ng a portionof the hinge is shaped. to

form a cross-bar 10 extending across" the space or se aration of the'sides of the cross'- bar. The ail 7 is shaped at the end opposite that forming part of the' hinges 9, with a hook 11, adapted to en age the messenger wire A. The set of the ail 7 is such as to PTO, vide a simple and ehcient device of the a part of this specifi-` maintain, by the spring of the metal', the' Wire, andpressed against the same.

The bail 7 is constructed to conformv with the size of the telegraph, telephone, or other hook l1 in engagement with the messenger cable for the support of which the hanger is i employed.

. The'saddle 8 is bent, as shownin the accom anying drawings, ,po form gripping portlons l2. The portions 12 are formed by relatively straightportions 13 and 14. The

portionsl and 14 are substantially parallel, and are disposed, when the han er is in operative the -vertica position, substantially incined` to- With a hanger thus'constructedfand arf i. ranged, the operation of suspending a cable' is as follows :--`The messenger or support-v ing wire. A having been stretched or an'- chored, the hangers, as shown in the accompanying drawings, are mounted thereon b slipping over the messenger. A of thev hoo 11. The grippingportion 12 of the saddle 8` is now dlsposed above themessenger A by pressing the bail 7 against the cable B. The cross-bar 1 0 of the handle is used lto depress A the same, until the portions" 14and 18 are forced down over the messenger, 4which'is thereby seated well up into the gripping portion 12. It willv be understood that in this posit-ion the resiliency of the bail'operates to maintain both the hook- 1l and the gripping portion 12 in firm and continuous .contact with the messenger wire A. When, thereafter, it becomes necessary or desirable to removev the cable B, this is readily and easily accomplished by passing any suitable instrument, such as ascrew-driverf or other to`ol,^below thecross-bar 10 and between the ,sides of the handle, permitting said toolv or 'instrument to rest, upon the messenger A, forming thereby a fulcrum for the lever which the said tool or instrument then be# cones.. Aplift on the` instrument now raises Athe gripping portion 12 and the portions 13 and 14 thereof out ofengagement with the messenger wire A. This'disengagement of the gripping ,portion 12 from the messenger 105 wire A permits t-he bail 7 to spring outward to the position shown in Fig. 1, inwhichposition the hook 11 is easily and readily removed from the messenger wire A.

' 'Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Pa tent 1. A cable hanger, comprising a saddle with said saddle; and a resilient member vmounted on said saddle between the grip ping' portion thereof and the ends of said y saddle, to be moved: to exert a yielding grip `on the supporting' member when Weight is imposed by said bail.

- Le cable. bangen eoinpmsmg a saddle constructed romyspring wire to. provide a gripping portion to neoeive a supporting member, the sides of Said gripping portion being; extended et en incline to the vertical,

eeetion between .one side oi 'said gripping :portion and the adjacent termina-l;` and a beil shaped to 'receive tbesnpported cable Q. sind heifingze hooi?. end 'to engage the same.

terminals latera ly extended, the body 0f said saddle being' curved to form a spring section between one side of said gripping member and the adjacent terminal; and a bail hinge-dly connected with one' of said terlninals and having a hook for engagement with the cable, said hook being disposed be-` y 'tweenthe 'sides of said gripping portion. seid saddle being provided with supporting lterminals laterally extended.' the body of seid saddle being curvedto forni eispring in testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of` two subscribing Witnesses.

. CLAUDE LINGLE. A- Witnesses: f

G. LINGLE, FLORA L. KEIL. 

